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Euro Leaders Hope to Emerge With Crisis Action Plan Today

Oct 12, 2008 8:40 AM CDT

Euro Leaders Hope to Emerge With Crisis Action Plan Today

Europe scrambles to shore up banks

(Newser) - European leaders hoped to emerge today from a meeting in Paris with a detailed unified action plan to address the continuing worldwide economic crisis, Reuters reports. Banks continued to hold emergency talks today with officials in the British government, which is about to purchase major equity stakes in the nation's...

Paris Lifts
30-Year Ban
on High Rises

Sep 27, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

Paris Lifts 30-Year Ban on High Rises

City drops 30-year ban on new high-rise construction

(Newser) - Ambitious new towers will soon be thrusting into the Paris sky now that the city has decided to drop a ban on tall buildings, the Times of London reports. The Eiffel Tower is likely to remain the city's tallest, but by 2012 it will share the skyline with a 590-foot...

Tzipi Livni Was a Spy in Paris

Sep 20, 2008 6:43 AM CDT

Tzipi Livni Was a Spy in Paris

Israeli leader-in-waiting served in elite Mossad spying unit

(Newser) - The woman set to be Israel's next prime minister started her career as an elite Mossad agent in Paris, the Times of London reports. Tzipi Livni was part of a covert cell in the city during the early '80s, when it was a hotspot in the spy agency's battle with...

Photog Must
Pay Damages
for Diana
Make-Out Shots

Sep 19, 2008 4:02 AM CDT

Photog Must Pay Damages for Diana Make-Out Shots

Dodi's dad gets $6,000 for privacy breach

(Newser) - A British photographer has been ordered to pay damages for snapping shots of Princess Diana kissing boyfriend Dodi Fayed. A Paris court levied $6,000 in fines and $8,000 in damages to be paid to Dodi's dad, Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of the yacht where the the two were...

Riot Police Move In on Parisian Gang War

Sep 18, 2008 8:52 AM CDT

Riot Police Move In on Parisian Gang War

Violence in French capital leaves several bystanders dead

(Newser) - French riot police have been deployed to contain a gang war in the northeast of Paris, as fighting between youths from two rival housing projects has left several bystanders dead, reports the Guardian. Unlike earlier violence in France, this battle is taking place not in suburban ghettos but in the...

Father, Son Killed in Paris Tourist Boat Accident

Sep 14, 2008 7:49 AM CDT

Father, Son Killed in Paris Tourist Boat Accident

Other 10 passengers survive after bridge crash

(Newser) - A father and his 6-year-old son were killed yesterday when a small Paris tourist boat stuck a bridge near Notre Dame Cathedral in the Seine, the BBC reports. The boat sank, trapping the two French passengers under water. They were declared dead at a local hospital. The other 10 passengers...

French No Snobs
on Virgin Cocktails

GLOSSIES

Sep 2, 2008 11:52 AM CDT

French No Snobs on Virgin Cocktails

Paris' best hotel bars serve up delightful booze-free drinks

(Newser) - Nonalcoholic cocktails need not be exclusive to designated drivers and teenagers. While, er, “researching” Paris’ best hotel bars, Julia Langbein discovered that the virgin cocktail is one thing the French don’t look down upon. In Paris, she writes in Gourmet, “an alcohol-free drink isn’t a consolation...

How France Fell for Le Big Mac

Aug 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT

How France Fell for Le Big Mac

McDonald's French operation is company's 2nd most profitable

(Newser) - After the US, what country has the most profitable McDonald's franchises in the world? The surprising answer: it's France, home of the Michelin Guide and the three-hour lunch. The London Times travels to Paris to discover how the French have begun to adopt Anglo-American eating practices, abandoning the leisurely midday...

France Launches Probe
of Anti-Semitic T-Shirts

Aug 13, 2008 4:19 PM CDT

France Launches Probe of Anti-Semitic T-Shirts

(Newser) - French authorities are investigating the sale of T-shirts bearing anti-Semitic slogans that date to 1940, the BBC reports. The shirts carry the slogan "Jews not allowed in this park" in German and Polish, reproduced from signs posted in Lodz, Poland, during World War II. Almost all of Lodz's Jews...

Slumping Far-Right
Party Sells Paris HQ

Aug 11, 2008 5:40 PM CDT

Slumping Far-Right Party Sells Paris HQ

Far-right, anti-immigrant politics in decline in France

(Newser) - France's declining far-right party is selling its Paris headquarters to pay an €8 million debt, the Guardian reports. Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front party has agreed to sell the building, overlooking the Seine, for an estimated €12 to €15m—several million less than it had hoped. The...

French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Aug 3, 2008 8:23 AM CDT

French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Divides Paris liberals over 'right to provoke'

(Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian. In a column for Charlie Hebdo, Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life." Siné's...

Ambitious Director
Revives the Louvre

Jul 29, 2008 10:04 AM CDT

Ambitious Director Revives the Louvre

Henri Loyrette has global ambitions that grate traditionalists

(Newser) - France's publicly funded museums once eschewed the big-money efforts that are common in American art institutions. Not anymore. BusinessWeek profiles Henri Loyrette, the ambitious director of the Louvre in Paris, who has coaxed major corporations to pony up cash, rented out its galleries for the filming of The Da Vinci ...

Sastre Poised to Win Tour

Jul 26, 2008 1:58 PM CDT

Sastre Poised to Win Tour

Spanish rider heads into uncompetitive last stage more than a minute up

(Newser) - Spain's Carlos Sastre looks poised to win the Tour de France after the last leg before Paris, the New York Times reports. Barring a crash or concerted attack, Sastre, who leads his nearest competitor by 1 minute and 5 seconds overall, will roll to victory in the capital tomorrow. He...

Obama Hits Paris

Jul 25, 2008 5:47 AM CDT

Obama Hits Paris

Candidate holds meeting, press conference with 'pal' Sarkozy

(Newser) - Barack Obama has arrived in Paris, where the candidate is holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a joint news conference. Sarkozy rushed back from a summit in the southwest of France to meet Obama at the presidential palace, reports AP. The two first met in 2006 when Sarkozy...

France's Latest Craze: A Dance or a Brand?

Jul 19, 2008 7:36 PM CDT

France's Latest Craze: A Dance or a Brand?

Radicals mumble about commercialization, but the kids love it

(Newser) - There’s a dance craze gripping France—or is it an unabashed commercial scheme, hawking t-shirts and chewing gum? Either way it’s called Tecktonik, and kids are crazy about it, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mix of hip-hop, techno, and random arm movements is championed by dancers with...

Le Burger Sizzles in Paris

Jul 16, 2008 8:57 AM CDT

Le Burger Sizzles in Paris

French chefs make over the American standby

(Newser) - Parisian gourmands might still revile McDonald's, but the lowly hamburger has become a mainstay on some of the best menus in the City of Light. From cafés on the Left Bank to top tables showered with Michelin stars, the quintessential American dish has undergone a French transformation. "The...

Cynthia 'Not Out
to Mutilate' A-Rod

Jul 10, 2008 11:38 AM CDT

Cynthia 'Not Out to Mutilate' A-Rod

Slugger's wife denies spending spree, takes high road in spilling to Post's Adams

(Newser) - Cynthia Rodriguez says she’s “not out to mutilate” husband Alex Rodriguez and while she considers her marriage to the New York Yankees star over, she’ll be there for him when he cracks up, she tells Post columnist Cindy Adams. Of reports on her escape to Paris: “...

Lenny Livid Over C-Rod Rumors

Jul 9, 2008 10:43 AM CDT

Lenny Livid Over C-Rod Rumors

Blames ex-manager for dragging him into A-Rod-Madonna fiasco

(Newser) - Lenny Kravitz is outraged his name has been dragged into the Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez divorce drama and blames the whole mess on former manager Guy Oseary, the New York Post reports. The rocker fired Oseary after A-Rod’s former trainer told him Oseary was about to “pimp out...

C-Rod to A-Rod: Payback's a $100K Paris Shopping Spree

Jul 8, 2008 3:21 PM CDT

C-Rod to A-Rod: Payback's a $100K Paris Shopping Spree

Pal: Cynthia got loose with Yank's credit card

(Newser) - Whatever the intricacies of Alex Rodriguez's maybe-affair with Madonna, soon-to-be-ex Cynthia Rodriguez didn't get mad—she went shopping. “She's been spending wildly," one of A-Rod’s friends tells the New York Daily News. "She spent close to $100,000 on her jaunt to Paris." While she...

Betancourt Plans to Write Captivity Play

Jul 6, 2008 7:27 PM CDT

Betancourt Plans to Write Captivity Play

Politician's Colombia drama will show what people 'need to feel'

(Newser) - Ingrid Betancourt’s ordeal in Colombia will soon hit a stage near you, the BBC reports. The French-Colombian politician, sprung last week from 6 years of captivity, will pen a play based on her experiences. “People need to understand this, but I can't just write it down the way...